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Bill Gates issued a warning that artificial intelligence is powerful enough to potentially trigger an event that could kill a billion people. The claim appeared in a September 26, 2026 report in The Paper's "Morning Read" column, which also rounded up news including Apple being ordered to pay more than $5.7 billion for infringing Taction vibration technology patents. Cailian Press's morning briefing on the same day also mentioned Bill Gates's warning, and reported that the Chinese and U.S. heads of state reached an eight-point consensus at their meeting, that the Foreign Ministry answered reporters' questions on artificial intelligence, and that Meta's AI product Muse was found to have vulnerabilities that could affect user data and virtual environment security. There has been no subsequent development or official response so far.
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Cailian Press Morning Brief: China and the US Reach an Eight-Point Consensus on Outcomes; Foreign Ministry Answers Reporters' Questions on Artificial Intelligence
The meeting between the Chinese and US heads of state reached an eight-point consensus on outcomes. The Foreign Ministry, answering reporters' questions on the US side's use of "superintelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" in the visit outcomes, said that China values the US position and respects the US formulation. Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence could cause "a billion deaths"; Meta's AI product Muse was reported to have vulnerabilities that could affect user data and virtual environment security, and Meta is preparing to strengthen risk warnings.
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